Just in time for the holidays season, Google has added a bunch of new features to its services like Flights, Trips and Hotel search. The company uses Machine learning for price tracking and deals and has also added new discounts feature. Continue reading “Google uses Machine learning for price tracking and deals on Flights, Trips and hotel search”
Google’s virtual Assistant who is currently available for various phones running Android 6.0 Marshmallow and above is now rolling out for smartphones running Android 5.0 Lollipop and tablets running Android 7.0 Nougat and 6.0 Marshmallow. Continue reading “Google Assistant for tablets running Android 6.0 and 7.0, phones running Android 5.0 starts rolling out”
As we inch closer to the end of the year, Google has released the list of top trending searches in India in 2017 like every year. The quick recap highlights all the user’s interests based on the searches made by the users in India on Google and also covers the major events happened in the last 12-month period. Continue reading “Google Year in Search 2017: Baahubali 2: The Conclusion, GST, Bitcoin top trending in India”
Google has started rolling out an update to the Google Phone app which brings the app version to v15 along with a set of features like the Assisted Dialing feature for international travelers, users on Android 8.1 will now see the white navigation bar and more. Continue reading “Google Phone v15 brings assisted dialing for international travelers, white nav bar, and more”
Google like every month is again out with Android distribution numbers for the month of November. The latest operating system; Android Oreo has hit the adoption rate to 0.5% and the company has just started rolling out the Android 8.1 update which hasn’t entered the adoption list. Continue reading “Android 8.0 Oreo adoption rate now at 0.5%, Nougat adoption hits 23.3%”
Google today has announced appsperiments program with a focus on better usable and useful mobile photography experiences built on experimental technology. The company has also launched three new apps based on the same program; Storyboard, Selfissimo!, and Scrubbies for Android and iOS. Continue reading “Google announces Appsperiments program, launches new Photography apps for Android and iOS”
While Google’s ambitious project Tango might have seen just two consumer products, the company has shown the AR technology on Pixel devices without tango. The AR stickers for a while have been in development since its launch with no timeline for final release. However, the day has finally come, and they are now rolling to Pixel devices. Continue reading “Google AR Stickers and ARCore now available for Pixel devices”
Last week Google updated search results where are the celebrity queries are direct answers by the celebrity through short selfie-style video. Now the company has yet again pushed another change to the search results in India which will provide more information like images, videos, GIFs, events, polls posted directly by the person or organization you’re searching. Continue reading “Google India updates Search results with Videos, GIFs, Polls and more directly from the source”
Google Maps has been updated to v9.68 bringing many new additions and changes to one of the many Google apps that we use daily. The update brings new refined indoor maps that is placed in a prominent and more accessible place, it also prepares for intelligent out of range warnings, directions to similar routes and many more. Continue reading “Google Maps v9.68 brings refined indoor maps, to get intelligent out of range warnings and more”
Google Chrome for Android is on a roll as the company seems to be improving it by adding features that are practical. Last week Chrome 63 bought changes to the Minimal web apps U.I, new flags menu, changes to Chrome Home U.I and more. Recently it is known that Google Chrome will soon get HDR video playback as well. Today another feature; the Parallel Download is being added to Chrome to accelerate download speeds. Continue reading “Google Chrome 64 for Android gets Parallel Download Feature”
Google Home Mini is without a doubt the most affordable smart speaker to have with Google’s Assistant support. However, shortly after the launch, the company had to disable the touch sensor as the smartphone speaker was accidentally recording everything on random occasions to which later Google promised to roll out a fix and the day is finally here. Continue reading “Google Home Mini update restores touch functionality with long-press on the side”
Google is making the celebrity search queries more personal as the company is now adding a feature where you can get answers to your celebrity searches directly from the source through selfie-style videos. This feature is piloting in the U.S. currently, but it also worked for us in India. Continue reading “Google search to answer celebrity questions with selfie-style videos”
Last year Google had announced that it will shut down the Chrome Apps web Store section on Windows and Mac platforms in 2017 and it looks like the day has finally come. The company has finally shut down the section and started sending out emails to Chrome app developers about the same. Continue reading “Google shuts down Chrome apps Web Store section on Mac and Windows”
Google has started rolling out Chrome 63 for Android after testing it in beta for over a month. The update brings new flags page, minimal U.I for web apps, and major changes to Chrome Home U.I which looks like the company is giving finishing touches for a wide-roll out. Continue reading “Google Chrome 63 for Android brings new flags page, changes to Chrome home UI and more”
After being in the beta stage for over a month, Android 8.0 Oreo update for Android Wear finally starts rolling out from today. Google has started taking the beta registrations for eligible models back in October. Continue reading “Android Wear Android 8.0 Oreo update starts rolling out”
